Curtain-light.



N. SIPPERLEY.

- CURTAIN LIGHT. APPLICATION FILED APE. 2,1, v1914."

1 1 09,475. Patented Sept, 1Q 19114,

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Y. y I* sp'ecicationiof Letters Patent. bug-ation maenner-1914. 'serialNo.. 833,511. f

.CUB'raINl-LIGHT;

make and use-thejs'me.

The object ofthis inventionis to' provide ing .lights in the 4 sidesorcurtains of a' vehicle 'top," t'e' ntf or portable-house, whereby' "hsuchfli'gh'ts may lreadily be removed -whejnf the top or 'curtainVor'.sidewallsfareto be folded or rolled, thereby avoiding thedsuiggerwhich -.a r e usually;

damaged by of breakingr 'the lights nadeoffra'gile material.-

In theaccompanying drawingsFigurel is Setion Online Referring to thedrawings, lfdesignates a flexible curtain, such4 as' is used in vehicletops, sidewalls o f` tents, portablehouses,etc; In this curtain, whichmay be of any' suitable material, is formed an opening of anydesired-'shape and W'hichis usually closedl b a-'slieet 'fof transparentmaterial, .prefferablycelluloid.V Heretofore such trans'- parent materia'aye easily been broken or when their use S'I'not required. According tomy invention, when the curtains are to 'Ifolded or v'r 11ed. .'thelights are re-A Emoved.' For this purposegt'he-opening vin the curtainis" surrounded by a 'pocket 4,;wh1ch iS preferably composed'ofinncr andouter parallglwalls extending from the curtain garop'fe `andbetween-which the edges oi: the sheet are designed to it. Preferably thepocket extends'along the top and oppositeV vends of the opening. but notalong the bottom"thereof,` since otherwise snou7` or' water` ihightcollect in the bottompooket.. avoid `all dillicultyin this respect byextending the sheet beneath the lower edge of the opening. In. thesheet, alon'gits edges, I form suitably 5.9 spaced" apart .holes with feyelets therein ltfnzmigli y",whichdetachable fastening* mem-'im'elevation- Fig.' 2"is an enlarged sethA tional vewOnlineQf- Q Fig.1.. Fig 311s 'ai or rolling the Curtains fratelli-ed sept. 1, 1914-.'

bers' are designed to extend. The particular *cons trfugtien of thefasteners may. be Widely varredgwl have shown such means as'comprismgball-and-socket fasteners, the stud fEcli stud ,after being extendedthrough a hole in the'lightis caused` y .spective socket, and in-this.it is-desired to remoye-theshe'et. Any suitgable means may bev'employedfor securing' lthe lower .edge of` theJcelluloid sheet land I Athispurpose,

@engage-its re-i. .Way the fasten.r 'flug means.may readily bedisengaged when" ave conventionally indicated fasteners 'I .forvv y -55of the ball 4@beingv secured to one of 4the walls and the socket totheopposite'wall.

j In practice, 'the"light .sheet .is l

wardly through the end l'pockets vuntil 4its upper edge'tsjwithin theupper pocket, and :they eyelets" of. the sheet regi'ster with thefastenersgwhich, being inserted-through such i eyelets, securely holdvand/lock the sheet -in place, and yet enable it to be easily removed.

Changes may be made" v withoutV departing meansA nay v'be employed.v

' I 'claim asmy invention: 11. A flexibleourtainjhaving an openingtherein and spaced-apartinner and outer v:Wallsforming a pocketsurroundingthe'top 'and-sidesof said opening, a 'sheet o-ftran'sparent'material fitted at its edges in .said

om myinvention.' Any` suitable fastening lpocket and having openings'formed therein,

and detachable fasteningmeans` .extending through'v such openingsQ-v-walls forming apocket surrounding vthe top and sides of said opening,a. sheet of trans-zparent -material y itte'df *at itsedges in said.'pocket and havin openings. formed therein, lthe lower edge osaidsheet.extending be#- neath the. lower edge of said opening on the v'outsideof the top, and fastening means. eX-

. L iv' ..95 In'tcstimony whereof, I have ,signed this f 'specificationin "the, presence. of two sub.

tendingthrough sani-openings.' y

. es" flexible curtain-having an openingtherein and spaced-apart innerand." outer

